Bill Straub: Since it’s baseball season, let’s bat some things around — oops, out of strikes already
It’s baseball season once again — thank the lord — so let’s toss it around-the-horn political style: First. Give Rep….
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Richard Nelson: Equality Act has a clever, noble name but carries troubling consequences
The Equality Act (HR 5) is moving in Congress but Congressman James Comer (R-Tompkinsville) is “deeply troubled” after looking into…
Constance Alexander: Mark Twain might be pleased with this poetry celebration that’s ahead of its times
When Mark Twain declared, “When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there…
Mike Farrell: With so many things off track, including #MeToo, the question is — what’s our character?
The #Me Too train has run off the tracks. Please don’t misunderstand me. I have always believed in the equality…
Beshear: Attorney General’s office continues effort to ensure affordable health care for Kentuckians
We all pay too much for health care. Far too many do not go to the doctor or fill a…
Al Cross: Slow pace so far for the primary and those seeking to be governor; we need to know more
In little more than five weeks, Kentuckians will go to the polls to begin the process of electing their next…
Melissa Martin: Profanity has trickled down to the playground; is pottymouth really the new norm?
Kids cuss behind the teacher’s back. And the playground is the opportune place for potty-mouth. No adults listening. That’s what…
Bill Straub: About those votes against Violence Against Women Act; NRA saw it as gun control
The He-Man Woman Haters Club, created by Alfalfa, Spanky and other members of the Little Rascals back in the 1930s,…
Danielle Corbin: Spring into learning with your toddler; find fitness, fun and learning outside
Spring has sprung. The weather is warmer. The days are longer. Now is a great time for parents and young…
Constance Alexander: At the end of a long, arduous literacy journey, the writer resists ground rush
The Irish Blessing poem begins with the line, “May the road rise up to meet you.” It goes on to…
Amye Bensenhaver: Illegal less-than-quorum meetings are the crabgrass of violations
What violation of the open meetings law is as common as crabgrass and just as pernicious? Ask the Glasgow Daily…
Letter to the Editor: Nidisa Thornton asks where has McConnell’s leadership taken us in standings
I wanted to know how Kentucky has been doing compared to the rest of the country during Mitch McConnell’s 34…
Ken Rechtin: Regional problems deserve regional solution; why not more people shelters?
Last December, during one of our Saturday morning walks, my lovely wife brought up the topic of our New Year’s…
Bill Straub: Here come the judges — and, thank the Constitution, they have important role in democracy
WASHINGTON – Gov. Matt “Yosemite Sam’’ Bevin appears to have a bit of a problem with the U.S. Constitution, at…
Dennis Keene: A consequential legislative session, with some regrettable outcomes and some successes
When the General Assembly returned to the Capitol last Thursday to complete this year’s legislative session, one unresolved issue towered…
Melissa Martin: Reading is a human right and literacy is for all — coming up, Children’s Book Week
Reading is a human right People in all countries around the globe deserve the right to learn to read. Literacy…
Amye Bensenhaver: Legislative crisis averted; no (known) new exceptions to open records enacted
It was down to the wire, but Kentuckians narrowly escaped passage of several new exceptions aimed at reducing the rights…
Commentary: School Safety and Resiliency Act lays groundwork for secure schools, safer students
There are very few Kentuckians who do not remember how they felt when they heard of last year’s shooting at…
Amye Bensenhaver: How to succeed in open records by refusing to take ‘no’ for an answer
Al Cross, director of the University of Kentucky’s Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, has succeeded where other open…
Al Cross: Gov. Bevin is reckless to disregard the science on chickenpox; public health matters
When Gov. Matt Bevin volunteered to a Southern Kentucky radio audience March 19 that he had exposed his nine children…
Ron Daley: Believing in community, opportunities for youth — and other strategies for “A Way Forward’
“We must believe in our community and in our youth and create opportunities for our youth to remain in our…
Bill Straub: What an incredible week it was for Mitch McConnell, as he set a record for bollixing things up
So what has Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch” McConnell done over the space of a single week in March to…